Spring 2006

I appreciate everyone who was able to participate and those few that were around and not needed. Thank you, this year was yet another blast. The All-Star game was everything imaginable. I also appologize for the shortcoming of this event and the little recognition it recieved prior to the event. Most of the players from the first game decided to stick around for another, those who didn't were replaced by others from the all-star list who showed up a little bit late!

Game 1:

This years All-Star Team #1 :

Kuala Lumpur
Surge (mayor)
Makavelli
Redxkingz
CMB(MVP)

and not to forget All Star Team #2 :

Armidale
Scubasteve (mayor)
Deceth(MVP)
Sin38
Chris

This game was fun. The teams appeared lop-sided, but a great battle turned out. Scubasteve did an excellent job rebuilding, while Deceth snuck in a few heart-pounding blows. Cmb did an excellent job attacking, blowing up something everytime. After many attempts, and a few deaths, Assasin snuck in to orb Armidale 15 minutes into regulation. Great attacking done by makavelli and Redxking allotted Cmb a safe passge. Had Armidale applied a little more pressure this game could have been drastically different. Well done and Great Game. Deceth was named MVP for Armidale for his strong attacks that almost led to an upset in this game. CMB was named MVP for Kuala Lumpur for his attacking, taking out buildings on almost every attack, he kept alot of pressure on armidale and eventually made it in the for the orb!

Game 2:

Team 1:

Skopje
Surge(Mayor)
Ayana(MVP)
Makaveli
Sin38

Team 2:

Jakarta
-Annihilator-(Mayor)
CMB
Redxkingz(MVP)
Deceth

This game was shortlived. From the start Skopje sent 3 attackers forcing Jakarta to 4d at first until the city was completely finished, after that there was only a few attacks from deceth, but no major factories were able to be taken out. After having constant pressure Jakarta was orbed in 4 minutes exactly by Ayana(Skopje). Ayana was named MVP for Skopje due to his consistantly damaging attacks throughout the game, taking out important factories on the north almost every attack. Redxkingz was named MVP for Jakarta for his strong defense that held off Skopje's attackers at the south the entire time, keeping them from blowing up any significant factories.

I'd also like to take this time to say we are holding a skills competition after the playoffs. All are welcomed. We are also going to try to make it clan oriented, so if ya dont want to win it for yourself, win it for them! Those of you who are not in a clan, this is a great time to mark your skills and be recruited. Furthermore, Those that are not in a clan will be able to fully participate in every event. More Details to follow.

umm, oh yea GO BATTLECITY!

Written by Jizohn

Season in Review

The second BCL season in history has come to and end, and it was without a doubt extremely exciting, seeing HDO receive their first loss in the teams history, but still storming back to win their second championship. There were many hard-fought double-triple overtime battles that featured the games top players. 

At the start of the season, there was some talk that GoW could take the throne from HDO. GoW did not disapoint, giving HDO their first loss, and taking them to overtime in 2 other matches. HDO held their ground, and defeated GoW in the finals after a controversial game 3 where GoW played with only 2 players, leaving the team to forever wonder what could have been.

JB and WFC continued their rivalry, going to overtime yet again. Unfortunately the teams didn't meet in the playoffs, as that would have made for a dandy series! JB went on to face GoW in the first round, and lost 2 games to one in what turned out to be a very exciting series in which all 3 matches went to OT. Unfortunately for JB, they were sent packing before getting a chance to face HDO in the finals for a second time.

SnG had a rough welcoming into the BCL, finishing with 4 losses, though they did pick up one point when they took WFC to OT. However, despite missing the playoffs, the team earned valuable league experience whcih I'm sure we will see pay off next season. Many of their players are still developing and will likely be in their prime next season making the team a definite force.

Great season overall, lots of fun! Thank you to all the clans that participated and all the referees who volunteered.

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Final Standings

Champions: High Definition Orbers (HDO)
Runners-Up: Gods of War (GoW)

Team_____Regular Season_____Playoffs            Overall
HDO__________4-0-0-0____________4-1-0-0              8-1-0-0
GoW_________ 2-0-1-1__________ _ 3-1-0-2              5-3-1-1
JB__________   1-1-2-0____________1-0-0-2              2-1-2-2
WFC__________1-2-1-0____________0-2-0-0              1-4-1-0
SnG__________0-3-0-1____________    —                  0-3-0-1

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Post Season Awards

League MVP: Deceth (JB)
Offensive Player of the Year: Merloch (HDO)
Defensive Player of the Year: Zhantrim (HDO)
Rookie of the Year: Ayana (HDO)
Playoffs MVP: Merloch (HDO)
Suprise Player of the Year: DoubleB83 (WFC)

All BCL First Team

Mayor: Zhantrim
Commando: Chris
Commando: Merloch
Commando: Jizohn

 

Regular Season Statistics

Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
HDO	IGGY	4	3	1	4	2	0
HDO	Makaveli	4	0	4	4	0	4
HDO	Merloch	3	1	2	3	2	0
HDO	Redxkingz	2	0	2	2	0	0
HDO	Ayana	2	0	2	2	0	0
HDO	zhantrim	1	0	1	1	0	0
HDO	Cable	0	0	0	0	0	0
HDO	Genghis	0	0	0	0	0	0
HDO	Method	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
JB	Deceth	4	0	1	0	1	4
JB	BallsOut	3	0	1	1	1	0
JB	Warlord	2	0	1	0	1	0
JB	BennyGuapos	2	1	0	0	1	0
JB	Ender	2	0	0	-1	0	0
JB	Samycool	1	0	1	1	0	0
JB	MuffinMan	1	0	0	-1	0	0
JB	Leon K.	1	0	0	0	0	0
JB	Nightwish	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
WFC	Surge	4	0	1	-1	2	2.5
WFC	DoubleB83	3	0	0	-2	1	0
WFC	Hot-Dog	2	1	0	0	1	0
WFC	sin38	2	0	0	-1	0	1
WFC	Zeike	2	0	0	-1	0	0
WFC	Yoyo	1	0	1	1	0	0.5
WFC	Spyderman	1	0	1	1	0	0
WFC	AcydChick	1	0	0	-1	0	0
WFC	DuneBug	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	chaos952	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	Lak Mobes	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	Lejeune	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	Wujiamin	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
GoW	Jizohn	4	2	0	2	2	0
GoW	BoC	4	0	2	2	1	0
GoW	Chris	3	0	1	1	0	1
GoW	CMB	2	0	1	1	1	1
GoW	Tony9	2	0	1	1	0	2
GoW	Beerman	1	0	1	1	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
SnG	Commons	4	0	0	-3	2	2
SnG	ScubaSteve	3	0	0	-2	1	1
SnG	Meerkat	3	0	0	-3	0	0
SnG	Asian01	1	0	0	0	1	0
SnG	Scile	1	0	0	-1	0	1

Playoff Statistics
 

Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
HDO	Ayana	4	1	2	3	1	0
HDO	Merloch	3	0	3	3	1	0
HDO	zhantrim	3	0	3	3	1	3
HDO	Method	3	1	1	2	1	0
HDO	IGGY	2	2	0	2	1	0
HDO	Redxkingz	2	0	1	1	0	1
HDO	Makaveli	2	0	1	1	0	1
HDO	Genghis	1	0	1	1	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
JB	Deceth	3	0	1	1	3	3
JB	Ender	3	0	1	1	0	0
JB	MuffinMan	2	0	1	1	0	0
JB	Warlord	1	1	0	1	0	0
JB	Nightwish	1	0	0	0	0	0
JB	BallsOut	1	0	1	1	0	0
JB	Wahoogie	1	0	0	1	0	0
JB	BennyGuapos	0	0	0	0	0	0
JB	FoozGrind	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
WFC	DoubleB83	2	0	0	-2	1	0
WFC	Surge	1	0	0	-1	0	1
WFC	Yoyo	1	0	0	-1	0	1
WFC	Lejeune	1	0	0	-1	0	0
WFC	sin38	1	0	0	-1	0	0
WFC	Spyderman	1	0	0	-1	0	0
WFC	DuneBug	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	chaos952	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	Zeike	0	0	0	0	0	0
WFC	Hot-Dog	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team	Player	GP	Orbs	Assissts	Plus/Minus	MVP	GP-Mayor
GoW	Tony9	6	0	3	2	0	4
GoW	Jizohn	4	2	0	2	3	0
GoW	BoC	3	0	2	2	0	0
GoW	CMB	3	0	1	1	0	0
GoW	Chris	2	1	0	1	2	1
GoW	Flash	2	0	1	0	1	1
GoW	Beerman	1	0	1	1	0	0

Champions: High Definition Orbers

 

1st vs 4th	Game1	Game2	Game3
High Definition Orbers	1	1	—
Wuji Fan Club	0	0	—
				BCL Finals	Game1	Game2	Game3
				High Definition Orbers	1	0	1
				Gods of War	0	1	0
2nd vs 3rd	Game1	Game2	Game3
Gods of War	1	0	1
Jungle Bunnies	0	1	0

Apr. 24 – 10:00pm EST
Wuji Fan Club @ High Definition Orbers

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High Definition Orbers defeat Wuji Fan Club @ ~10:00

Referee: Vindkast, Tony9, Jizohn
Match Report by ???

HDO MVP: -IGGY-
WFC MVP: DoubleB83

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HDO (Skopje)

Redxking (Mayor)
-IGGY- (MVP) (Orb)
Makaveli
Merloch

WFC (Kuala Lumpur)

Surge (Mayor)
Lejeune
DoubleB83 (MVP)
sin38

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Video Highlights

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Apr. 26 – 10:00pm EST
Jungle Bunnies @ Gods of War

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Tied after 30 minutes.
Gods of War defeat Jungle Bunnies @ ??? in OT

Referee: ???
Match Report by ???

GoW MVP: Jizohn
JB MVP: Deceth

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GoW (Harbin)

Annihilator (Mayor)
Jizohn (MVP) (Orb)
CMB
BoC

JB (Mango)

Deceth (Mayor) (MVP)
Ender
MuffinMan

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Jungle Bunnies play their first playoff game short-handed! They manage to take the match to OT, but are inevitably defeated.

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May. 04 – 10:00pm EST
High Definition Orbers @ Wuji Fan Club

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High Definition Orbers defeat Wuji Fan Club @ 7:37

Referee: Nightwish
Match Report by Nightwish

WFC MVP: —
HDO MVP: Method

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WFC (Harbin)

Yoyo (Mayor)
DoubleB83
Spyderman

HDO (Kuala Lumpur)

zhantrim (Mayor)
Method (MVP)
Ayana (Orb)
Genghis

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Video Highlights

As the lineup suggests this game was not a long one. The Mighty offensive forces of HDO today manifested in three dukes and an earl went straight into a four man attack as grace ended. Allthough Yoyo managed to get his city up in time he and his teammates had no chance of whitstanding the wave of horror unleeshed upon them.

After only 50 seconds of play Zhantrim had cleared 2 layers of buildings on the west side of teh base before he proceeded in and took out both walls and bazooka factories.

After the first wave WFC had no time to rebuild and the two factories were left unpopulated for almost a minute while Yoyo was trying to fight of Method northeast.

Method wins the duel against Yoyo and proceeds in. At the same time Zhantrim kills both DoubleB and Spyder on a dfg west and Yoyo has to go out and defend him. As the brave mayor Yoyo manages to kill his foe with a skillfully placed plasma and some zookfire, Method sneakes further in on his northeast path. 2:29 his last bomb explodes leaving WFC without any turrets or walls. Eight seconds later Ayana rushes in with the orb.

A quick but very hectic battle which never would have paid out good on Ladbrokes.

WFC eliminated!

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May 08 – 10:00pm EST
Gods of War @ Jungle Bunnies

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Tied after 30 minutes.
Tied after 10 minute OT.
Jungle Bunnies defeat Gods of War @ ~42:30 (2nd Overtime)

Referee: Nightwish, Vindkast
Match Report by Nightwish

JB MVP: Deceth
GoW MVP: Jizohn

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JB (Skopje)

Deceth (Mayor) (MVP)
~Warlord~ (Orb) (lag-out) (Sub for Ender in OT)
BallsOut
Ender (Sub for ~Warlord~ after 10 min)
MuffinMan

GoW (Mango)

Annihilator (Mayor)
Jizohn (MVP)
BoC
CMB

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Video Highlights

This game started as a blast with Ender shooting GoWs walls after only 30 seconds of play. Unfortunetly for the bunnies he didnt carry the orb and was therefore unable to complete his mission deep inside the Gods base. As GoW started with only 3 players the bunnies quickly established a 4 man attack and was very close to brake down -Annihilators- fortress on several occasions. However they were never able to get enough defences down simultanously so the defending lords were able to replace defences pretty well as the attackers kept dieing right before they could bomb for the final opening.

As CMB was trown into the action after 15 minutes of regular play the tides shifted slowly. The godly players in Mango started to force in some scattered attack and soon the game was turned to a 3 man attack from gow and the same amount of defenders for JB. At one point BoC managed to take out mines and greens but Deceth and the rest of the bunnies did a heroic defencejob and got their city back up in time to send two attackers the last seconds of regular time.

The first overtime shocked JB from the start. Jizohn managed to take out zooks and orb in the bunnybase after only five seconds. It looked like it was gonna be a fight against the clock for JB. But one littlebunny wanted it otherwise. After halfplayed first overtime without ability to rebuild the brave bunny MuffinMan managed to suicide and take out zooks and lazers in Gows base. On the next run the bunnies blew up a lot of housing before starting to suicide for the vital factories. 20 seconds before first Ot ended -Annihilators- commonly feared fortress was reduced to consis only of the base command center. Both the teams were given 2 minutes to rebuild their dameged cities but that was not nearly enough time for -Annihilator- to perfect his building. Some entrances was not garded good enough and housing population was not manipulated as JB launched a full assault when the second OT started. After 1.30 MuffinMan again ran in from the north and started by blowing a house. At the same time the rest of the bunnies where blowing up the housing all over the base and MuffinMan came running through shooting a lot of factories taking out defences orb bombs and dfgs. The Deceth came in shooitng even more factories and the base was wide open with 3 bunnies waiting on CC for 20 seconds before the lazy halfdorment bunny ~WarlorD~ managed to show up with the orb.

GoWs base got destroyed by the power of an orb after 2 minutes and 30 seconds of second overtime.

Jizohn got awarded MVP for taking out zooks early in OT 1 and for magnificent defence during GoWs one man under period.

Deceth got MVP for JB. But noone really knows why

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May 11 – 10:00pm EST
Jungle Bunnies @ Gods of War

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Tied after 30 minutes.
Gods of War defeat Jungle Bunnies @ 34:00 (1st Overtime)

Referee: zhantrim
Match Report by zhantrim

GoW MVP: Chris
JB MVP: Deceth

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GoW (Harbin)

Annihilator (Mayor)
Chris (MVP) (Orb)
CMB
Beerman

JB (Mango)

Deceth (Mayor) (MVP)
Wahoogie
Ender
Nightwish

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The stage was set for the battle of a lifetime. JB and GoW, two heavyweights in league play, were squaring off for the rubber match in what had proved thus far to be a semifinal for the gods (no pun intended). In search of their best possible talents, GoW unearthed an oldie but goodie by the name of Chris, who has been largely absent of late. JB did them one better, sifting down into the archives of Codehammer to find Wahoogie scratching at his grave.

The five minute grace period was a cacophony of mayoral construction as Annihilator and Deceth worked their landscaping magic. Both cities were up by the onset of regulation play and each side sent a duo of attackers. Nightwish and Wahoogie pressed for JB while Chris and CMB rolled for GoW. Chris and CMB lived up to their reputation and landed near the cc three separate times. Only the canny rebuilding skills of Deceth saved the day for JB. Ender specialized in dying on dfgs. Up in Harbin, Annihilator and Gr8Brian held off Wahoogie and Nightwish with little difficulty. After one minor slip-up involving the bomb factory, GoW solidly maintained their defense. Furious attacking by GoW mounted and soon all four members of Harbin were leading the charge against Mango. Several massive lag spikes (appropriately timed by Deceth according to CMB) saved the day for JB and they made it into OT.

After a brief 2-minute rebuilding period, the play was on again. Unfortunately, Deceth’s most effective defense against Chris (rebuilding 3.4 billion buildings in his way) was disallowed in OT and his walls quickly crumbled. Within minutes, the entire base at Mango was in shambles. While Deceth pleaded for more time to bleed from the clock, Chris and friends stormed in for the orb.

GoW orbs Mango 4 minutes into the first overtime and advances to the finals where they will meet HDO for the second time.

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May 15 – 10:00pm EST
Gods of War @ High Definition Orbers

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Tied after 30 minutes.
Tied after 10 minute OT.
Tied after 10 minute OT.
Match paused due to lag. 3rd OT scheduled May 22.
High Definition Orbers defeat Gods of War @ 59:00 in 3rd OT

Referee: Nightwish
Match Report by Nightwish

HDO MVP: zhantrim
GoW MVP: Chris

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HDO (Harbin)

Zhantrim (Mayor) (MVP)
Merloch
-IGGY- (Orb)
Ayana

GoW (Mango)

Chris (Mayor) (MVP)
Annihilator
Jizohn
CMB

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As the game started in 3rd OT after the first game was first ruined by laf then restareted and lagged to pieces again, both teams where given seven minutes to build before the third OT started.

Both mayors were quickly done building and the last minutes of grace was used to forge plans and clever trix in both camps.

GoW ran out 4 man strong and got wall and walkie research early. HDO on the other hand took their time and defended their base before going into attack mode. This seemed to be effective as Ayana as the lowest ranked in HDOs offencive line was given too much room as GoWs defenders was mostly concerned about merloch and iggy.

After five minutes of play GoW started loosing factories, among them walls. Even then under heavy pressure GoW tried to attack but was chanceless against Zhantrims defences without meds.

Chris was often pressured hard in Mango and fought heroicly to fend of the attackers but as he could not be several places at once other HDOs sneaked up behind and bombed other parts of the city.

After a heavy pressure on GoWs base Iggy orbed GoW after exactly 9 minutes in third OT. The longest game in BCLs history was finally over.

As usual Zhantrim made it boring and refused to let a single factpry be destroyed.

The finals are now 1-1 so a third game will be needed.

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May 17 – 10:00pm EST
High Definition Orbers @ Gods of War

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Tied after 30 minutes.
Tied after 10 minute OT.
Gods of War defeat High Definition Orbers @ 49:00

Referee: Vindkast
Match Report by Vindkast

GoW MVP: Jizohn
HDO MVP: Ayana

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GoW (Harbin)

Annihilator (Mayor)
Jizohn (MVP) (Orb)
BoC
Flash (did not start)

HDO (Kuala Lumpur)

Makaveli (Mayor)
Ayana (MVP)
Redxking
Method (did not start)

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Video Highlights

Both teams had 2 players when the cities were chosen. ReDxKINGz and BoC arrived just before the grace period started, and much of regulation was played 3 on 3. Because of this, neither team was able to gain a significant advantage early on.

Half way through regulation, Method joined Kuala Lumpur. His presence (and HDO's one man advantage) made an immediate impact and all of GoW was forced to defend for the rest of regulation. HDO sent 3 and 4 man attacks that often targetted houses, making GoW's factories stop producing. The attacks wore down GoW's outer defenses until HDO was able to reach factories almost every time. GoW was opened twice as they lost walls, plasmas, and bombs. With one minute left in regulation, Flash joined Harbin. He was trapped in the CC the entire time.

The rules allow players to continue attacking if they are inside the enemy city when time expires. As regulation time expired, three HDO players were inside Harbin. GoW's entire team was trapped in their own CC, between a plasma factory and mine factory. Ayana went for plasmas and died on a mine. Redx followed him and bombed the plasma factory, while Method came from the other side to bomb bombs. Both bombs went off opening the CC, but both HDO players died to turrets.

The start of Overtime was the first time the game had been 4 vs 4. The teams traded minor blows until GoW lost both weapon researches. Method repeated his attack from the end of regulation, taking out bombs and opening the GoW CC with 3 minutes left in OT. GoW scrambled to defend with turrets and mines, and survived (mostly) unarmed to force a second overtime.

Double Overtime looked like it would play out the same, as GoW called out "all defend" early on. But when BoC respawned and replied "zooks gone" they all attacked instead. The action moved to Kuala Lumpur for the first time in 20 minutes, and GoW took out mines, sleepers, and greens. When HDO lost plasmas with 5 minutes remaining, they were left with only bombs, dfgs, lasers, and walls. Their CC was blocked only by walls. Not all was lost though, because they had just managed to take out the GoW orb research. Their only hope was to kill the player with GoW's only orb.

GoW knew this risk, and spent the next two minutes trying to bomb HDO's remaining factories. But with time running out, Jizohn broke off and went for Kuala's CC. As he destroyed a wall, all four HDO players sat on top of him dropping bombs and DFGs. He got stuck, and was quickly killed by four HDO lasers. The HDO dead rejoiced, thinking they had earned a third OT.

But GoW returned in force and overran the defenseless city. With time running out, Jizohn drove straight to the CC, shot a wall, and dropped the orb. He did not have it on him in his previous attack.

Jizohn orbed Kuala Lumpur 9 minutes into the second overtime.

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May 22 – 10:00pm EST
Gods of War @ High Definition Orbers

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High Definition Orbers defeat Gods of War 6:20

Referee: Nightwish
Match Report by Nightwish

HDO MVP: Merloch
GoW MVP: Flash

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HDO (Skopje)

zhantrim (Mayor)
Merloch (MVP)
Method (Orb)
Ayana

GoW (Bishkek)

Flash (Mayor) (MVP)
Annihilator

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Grace started 15 minutes late for this game as it looked like Flash would have to face the mighty HDO alone. After hanging around the meeting room for far too long the mayors picked their city and the game started.

Flash came out hard in grace and managed to get a lead on Zhantrim, by beating him to the 6th building. But then the experienced HDO mayor turned up the pace and built a full skopje before poor single Flash had laid his first turret.

With 30 seconds to go in grace period all HDO were loaded with destructive weapons and eagerly awaiting the final annihilation of GoW. But then with only a few seconds left of grace the alltime Battlecity point-accumulator -Annihilator- joined Flash to help him defend against the visious commandos from the north.

As the game started and HDO rushed to a fullstrenght attack Flash was still laying his last defences and a lot of GoWs outter buildings were soon trembling under heavy bombardment. Bloodthirsty attackers swarmed in from all sides and when both the defending heros were killed at the same time the factories blowed up all around the city center.

As the last turretfactory and the walls disappeared the long forgotten french orber Method made his way to the parking lot just as the watch showed 1 minute and 20 seconds.
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This match was reschedule once for GoW, however most of their team was not aware of the new date. The date was posted in the forums, on the BCL schedule page and in-game in the Meeting room. Although the conclusion of the series was disapointing, this first two games were the most exciting/action packed games the BCL has ever seen! One game went to triple OT, the other to double OT, with fierce battling all along! Hopefully we'll see some rematches between these teams next season!

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Chambers Division

Team	GP	Wins	Loss	Tie	OTL	Points
High Definition Orbers	4	4	0	0	0	8
Gods of War	4	2	0	1	1	6
Jungle Bunnies	4	1	1	2	0	4
Wuji Fan Club	4	1	2	1	0	3
Suits n' Guns	4	0	3	0	1	1